#Fossil-Fuels
Events indexed under #Fossil-Fuels — 25 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-28 | EPA Delays Methane Pollution Rules for Oil and Gas Industry, Adding Equivalent of 25 Million Cars' Emissions EPA · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | Trump's Inaugural Fund Received $19M from Fossil Fuel Industry Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Chevron · ExxonMobil · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-01 | Wyoming Legislature Passes Second Coal Tax Cut in Two Years, Sacrificing $20 Million Annually to Subsidize Declining Industry Wyoming Legislature · Mark Gordon · Black Hills Energy · Powder River Basin Coal Producers | confirmed | |
| 2019-12-10 | New York Loses ExxonMobil Climate Fraud Lawsuit in Major Accountability Failure Barry Ostrager · Letitia James · ExxonMobil · New York Supreme Court · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-09 | Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Becomes Acting EPA Administrator After Pruitt Resignation Andrew Wheeler · Donald Trump · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Faegre Baker Daniels · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-01 | Trump Withdraws from Paris Climate Agreement Isolating America Donald Trump · Paris Agreement · Fossil Fuel Industry · United States · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-29 | Seventeen State Attorneys General Announce ExxonMobil Climate Fraud Investigations Eric Schneiderman · Maura Healey · Claude Walker · ExxonMobil · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-16 | InsideClimate News Launches InsideClimate News · ExxonMobil · Los Angeles Times · Columbia University · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2012-10-01 | ALEC's 'Electricity Freedom Act' Systematically Attacks State Renewable Energy Standards American Legislative Exchange Council · Heartland Institute · James Taylor · Edison Electric Institute · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2012-05-04 | Heartland Institute Billboard Compares Climate Scientists to Unabomber Heartland Institute · Ted Kaczynski · James Sensenbrenner · State Farm · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | ALEC Distributes Climate Denial Model Legislation to Kill Regional Climate Pacts American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Clint Woods · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | ALEC's 'Resolution in Opposition to a Carbon Tax' Obstructs Market-Based Climate Solutions American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Peabody Energy · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2006-05-18 | Competitive Enterprise Institute Launches "CO2 is Life" Advertising Campaign Competitive Enterprise Institute · Myron Ebell · ExxonMobil · Curt Davis | confirmed | |
| 2003-01-01 | ExxonMobil Channels Millions to Climate Denial Think Tanks and Front Groups ExxonMobil · American Enterprise Institute · Cato Institute · Marshall Institute · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2001-05-17 | National Energy Policy Adopts Enron Recommendations Verbatim Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · Enron · Kenneth Lay · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2001-05-16 | National Energy Policy Report Released Reflecting Oil Industry Priorities George W. Bush · Dick Cheney · National Energy Policy Development Group · ExxonMobil · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2000-05-05 | ALEC's 'Environmental Literacy Improvement Act' Mandates Teaching Climate Denial in Schools American Legislative Exchange Council · Sandy Liddy Bourne · Heartland Institute · Koch Industries · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1998-04-03 | American Petroleum Institute "Victory" Memo Outlines Climate Disinformation Strategy American Petroleum Institute · Randy Randol · ExxonMobil · Chevron · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-04-01 | American Petroleum Institute Drafts Secret Climate Denial Strategy Document American Petroleum Institute · ExxonMobil · Chevron · Southern Company · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-01-01 | ALEC's 'Economic Impact Statement Act' Uses Cost-Benefit Analysis to Kill Environmental Regulations American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · State Environmental Agencies · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | Koch Industries Launches Massive Climate Denial Funding Network Koch Industries · Charles Koch · David Koch · Koch Family Foundations · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Environment Task Force Passes 100+ Anti-Regulation Bills Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Peabody Energy · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1991-01-01 | George C. Marshall Institute Becomes Central Node in Fossil Fuel-Funded Climate Denial George C. Marshall Institute · Frederick Seitz · Fred Singer · Robert Jastrow · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1989-01-01 | Global Climate Coalition Formed to Coordinate Industry Climate Denial Campaign ExxonMobil · Shell · Chevron · Ford Motor Company · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1977-07-01 | Exxon Internal Climate Research Program Confirms Human-Caused Global Warming James Black · Roger Cohen · ExxonMobil · Exxon Corporation · +1 | confirmed |